ACTIVITY

Ministry within its authority undertakes activities in cooperation with the Federal bodies of state power and their regional arms, state authorities of subjects of the Russian Federation, state authorities of the Kaliningrad region, bodies of local self-governing authorities of municipalities of the Kaliningrad region.

participates in the development of a unified State policy in the sphere of tourism on the territory of the Kaliningrad region, and defines the strategy and priority guidelines for tourism development in the Kaliningrad region;

provides analysis of applicable legislation, that regulates tourist activity in the Russian Federation and the Kaliningrad region, creates proposals for its improvement;

drafts and introduces to the Government of the Kaliningrad region the projects of legal acts of state authorities of the Kaliningrad region and other documents requiring a decision of the Governor of the Kaliningrad region or the Government of the Kaliningrad region, on issues related to the defined area;

participates in accordance with the procedure established by law in the development and implementation of the Federal target program, the target program of the Kaliningrad region for tourism;

cooperates with the Ministry of sport, tourism and youth policy of the Russian Federation, Federal Agency for tourism regarding the implementation of plans and programs for tourism development in the Kaliningrad region;

provides interregional cooperation, coordination of tourist activities in the Kaliningrad region in the framework of intergovernmental agreements;

assists in the implementation of international projects in the sphere of tourism on the territory of the Kaliningrad region, including developing of cross-border international cooperation in the sphere of tourism;

participates in the development of proposals on improvement of the procedure of entry, departure, stay abroad of Russian and foreign citizens who travel for tourism purposes;

provides information and image support to the organizations of the Kaliningrad region in the established sphere of activity;

provides technical, consulting and organizational assistance to local self-governing authorities of municipalities of the Kaliningrad region and economic entities on issues referred to the competence of the Ministry;

in accordance with the established procedure conducts activities on improvement of statistics in the field of tourism and branch analysis of activity of subjects of the tourism industry on the basis of the data of the state statistics;

keeps a record of tourist resources of Kaliningrad region with a view to their protection and rational use;

executes marketing research and market research of tourism services to determine community needs in tourism, excursion and health-resort services;

holds a presentation activities aimed at the promotion of tourism resources and tourism brands of the Kaliningrad region on the tourism markets for the development of inbound and domestic tourism;

organizes the participation of the Kaliningrad region in the international tourist exhibitions and fairs;

assists in the implementation of measures to support small and medium enterprises, aimed at the development of tourism, including the implementation of the respective target programs in the established sphere of activity;

within its competence, creates conditions for attracting investments for the development of tourist-recreational complex and contributes to the development of tourism infrastructure in the Kaliningrad region;

in accordance with the established procedure participates in the work on implementation of the system of standardization and classification of tourist industry objects;

accredits organizations involved in classification of tourist industry objects, including hotels and other accommodation facilities, ski slopes, beaches, in the order established by the Federal body of executive power responsible for the formulation and implementation of state policy and normative-legal regulation in the sphere of tourism; (introduced by the Decree of the Government of the Kaliningrad region from 28.07.2011 N 576);

coordinates the accreditation of guides and guide-interpreters;

assists in the staffing of tourist industry;

ensures compliance with requirements of the Federal law of 21 December 1994 N 69-FZ "Concerning fire safety";

in accordance with the established procedure within its competence assist in organization of work and control over task execution for the collection of tax and other revenues of subordinate industries;

participates in activities for mobilization training in cooperation with the Department of mobilization training of the Government of the Kaliningrad region;

ensures the implementation of activities for civil defense and emergency situations in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation;
considers the citizens’ complaints related to matters within the competence of the Ministry;

on the regular basis informs the population of the Kaliningrad region through the media about the work of the Ministry on matters within its competence;

in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation ensures protection of state information resources, information with limited access, administrated by the Ministry;

forms a coordination and advisory bodies in the established sphere of activity;

in accordance with the established procedure exercises the powers for the prevention of corruption and other offences when conducting internal audits;

participates in the implementation of the action plan for administrative reform in the Ministry;

within its competence drafts and introduces to the Government of the Kaliningrad region the projects of legal acts in accordance with the administrative regulations on execution of the state function on the development of draft legal acts; ( introduced by the Decree of the Government of the Kaliningrad region from 28.07.2011 N 576);

exercises other powers in the established sphere of activity, if such powers stipulated by the legislation of the Russian Federation and the legislation of the Kaliningrad region. Participates in the work of international, regional, branch conventions, congresses, conferences, meetings, seminars on issues related to the competence of the Ministry, and develops an appropriate recommendations thereon;

participates in the training of specialists on issues referred to the competence of the Ministry;

organizes the work aimed at ensuring safe working conditions in the established sphere of activities of the Ministry;

assists in the organization of exhibitions, fairs, auctions, seminars, conferences in the established sphere of activities of the Ministry.